Read article – An opinion piece by Stephanie White, assistant professor of pediatrics, in which she discusses how with the increased presence of racial violence and discourse in the news and social media, physicians are charged with understanding how race and racism affect their patients.

Read article – An opinion piece by Cassie Kosarek, Geisel ’20, in which she discusses how medical students can narrow down their specialty options.

Read article – Cites research conducted by scientists at the Geisel School of Medicine which suggests that dairy sourced hormones may be the source of androgenic and mitogenic progestins, which drive prostate and breast cancer.

Read article – Geisel scientists TY and Cathy Chang were interviewed by the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology monthly magazine for their role as organizers of the thematic review series that contain eight individual reviews, exploring connections between brain lipids, ApoE and Alzheimer’s disease”. For details, please see Journal News by Courtney Chandler, published in the September issue of ASBMB Today.

Read article – Continued coverage of comments by Adrienne Faerber, lecturer at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about the costs of the meningitis B vaccine. “Parents believe their children are susceptible to this terrible condition, and [drugmakers] use that fear to get parents to take action,” says Faerber. (Picked up by STAT.)

Read article – Quotes Adrienne Faerber, lecturer at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about the costs of the meningitis B vaccine. “Parents believe their children are susceptible to this terrible condition, and [drugmakers] use that fear to get parents to take action,” says Faerber.

Read article – Cites a statistic from a Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice study that found that up to 30 percent of Medicare clinical care spending is “unnecessary or harmful and could be avoided without worsening health outcomes.”

Read article – Quotes H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, and professor of economics, about a new study that strengthens the evidence that testing can reduce deaths from prostate cancer. “I think the main message is that this is a choice,” says Welch, who says he believes very few men are helped by the test. Still, he said, “There’s no single right answer to this one.”

Read article – Features research conducted by Glyn Elwyn, professor and senior scientist at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how patients may be recording office visits, with or without permission.

Read article – Quotes Carrie Colla, associate professor of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about a study she led that suggests that private healthcare plans do not perform better. “What kind of insurance you have does affect your access to health care,” says Colla. “But once you’re in front of the doctor, by and large you’re treated the same way as any other patient.”